Racing and Spinnaker Class

For sailors with little or a lot of experience who want to learn to fly the kite.All proceeds from this class will go towards purchasing new sails for our J24s.  Your member-instructor is also foregoing payment to help with the effort!  Want to give more for new sails?  Go to the donate page and indicate the amount is for New Sails.
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Course DescriptionLearn to set, trim, jibe, douse and re-pack the spinnaker and all related crew duties in an on the water classroom environment. Although stressing the spinnaker, racing tips for sail trim, crew work, tactics and rules will be discussed throughout. The class is open to all, but ideally you would have sailed previously.  The goal of the class is to give you a foundational understanding of the spinnaker so you can be a competent crew person either in HRCS races or elsewhere and leave the class knowing that the spinnaker is just another sail.  Limited to 5 students. 
When 1 Class, 3 days, 18 hrsFriday-July 12th 6-8pmSaturday-July 13th 10-6*Sunday-July 14th 10-6**Classes may end later 

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Why EnrollBecome a more competent sailorMeet other membersLearn about racing techniques
Course Fee 300 members350 non-members Course fee includes:18 hours longAll fees go towards our New-Sail FundTeacher is a life-long racer and sailing instructor

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Your Instructor – HRCS Member Neil FraserNeil Fraser learned how to sail at age 8 on Nantucket and has been sailing continuously since that time.  Since the mid 1980’s he has raced extensively and early in his career made the mistake of learning how to do foredeck.  Having been a sailing instructor for over 13 seasons he is uniquely positioned to teach the novice how master the basics of the foredeck position, known colloquially as “doing bow,” as well as how to trim, pack and even repair a spinnaker. Neil has done bow on boats such as J-24’s, Olson 30’s, Schock 35’s, J-35’s, a Mumm 36, an ILC 40, Baltic 43’s, J-44’s, the Swan 46 Islero, Santa Cruz 70’s Evolution and Pyewacket and Maxi Boats including the former Whitbread (now Volvo) Round the World Race Winner, New Zealand Endeavour.  Some significant victories while on bow include Class wins at Audi North Race Week (twice), Long Beach Race Week (twice), Yachting Cup, Newport to Ensenada, Santa Barbara to King Harbor, St. Francis Big Boat Series, American YC Fall Series and Storm Trysail Block Island Race Week as well as Overall wins at Rolex Swan Cup (San Francisco 1991) and the Opera House Cup (Nantucket 1983). Outside of racing, Neil has approximately 20,000 delivery miles including a Trans-Atlantic as a Watch Captain.  He was the Head Instructor at Pacific Sailing in Marina del Rey prior to moving to New York.  Since 1998 he has sailed in New York Harbor and until recently was a Partner at an infamous law firm in mid-town Manhattan.

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